Onoba georgiana

Onoba georgiana
Onoba georgiana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Rissooidea
Family: Rissoidae
Genus: Onoba
Species: O. georgiana
Binomial name
Onoba georgiana
(Pfeffer, 1886)

Onoba georgiana is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.[1]

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Distribution

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 2.7 mm.[2]

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 168 m.[2]

References

  1. ^ Onoba georgiana (Pfeffer, 1886). WoRMS (2009). Onoba georgiana (Pfeffer, 1886). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=197325 on 9 August 2010.
  2. ^ a b c Welch J. J. (2010). "The “Island Rule” and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.

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